One Piece: I am the Master of Black Magic

Chapter 431 Beginning and End (2 in 1)

"Usopp, how long do we have to walk? I'm tired."

Luffy followed Usopp dejectedly, his stomach making a 'gurgling' sound.

"Luffy, you just had lunch a while ago, okay."

Usopp, who was walking in front, was in a good mood, holding a bunch of strange plant seeds in his arms. As he walked, he looked at the surrounding plants that were taller than a person.

Luffy followed him languidly, his eyes dull.

Merry lay motionless on top of Luffy's head.

"Usopp, let's fly there! I don't want to leave."

Usopp turned a deaf ear.

"No, there are many types of plants here that I have never seen before.

I'm going to collect seeds and go back to see if I can grow a new plant star. "

"I just took a look. There is a village not far from the giant tree. We should be there soon. Please hold on a little longer."

Usopp comforted Luffy with his mouth, but his mind had already flown to the thorny plant in the distance.

"Meili, follow me quickly and help me find any seeds worth collecting!"

"Oh!"

"I'll go there first, hurry up and follow, Luffy!"

"Oh~"

Luffy was holding a small stick he picked up from somewhere in his hand, using the stick as a sword to chop down the plants around him.

"I haven't seen a single giant, Elbaf is not fun at all~"

"Ok?"

"The aroma of fruit!"

Luffy sniffed and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Smelling the aroma of food, his body drifted over uncontrollably.

After passing through the dense vegetation, a flat and wide grassland appeared in front of us.

The center of the grass was paved with smooth stone slabs, and a huge stone monument engraved with strange symbols stood in the center.

The open space in front of the stone monument was filled with food.

Fruit, barbecue, drinks, snacks...

Everything, everything.

Maybe it's because winter has arrived and the temperature is low, but the fruits placed here are not bad.However, the meat and snacks were somewhat discolored.

Luffy's eyes widened due to hunger, and he jumped in front of the stone monument.

But he was still polite and didn't attack directly.

After searching around for a long time, no trace of anyone was found.

Two huge birds fluttered their wings and landed in front of the stone monument, turning their heads to look at Luffy.

Seeing that Luffy didn't move, the two golden birds stretched their long necks and began to eat.

The sharp beak tears into large pieces of roasted meat, pastries covered in butter, and fruits with fragrant aroma.

Luffy looked at it with envy.

"Is this food for you?"

"Goo~"

"Then can I eat?"

"Goo~"

"Great, thank you, you are such a good bird!"

"Goo~"

After the communication was over, Luffy, who had received permission, began to feast without any ceremony.

While eating, he was chatting with the two birds, looking like two good brothers.

Usopp on the other side had already wandered under the giant tree.

"As expected of Elbaf, even the tree is so big!"

He held his hat and looked up at the giant tree, his eyes filled with wonder.

Meili also stared blankly at the tree in front of her, comparing the size with her own body.

"so big!"

"what?"

Usopp's eyes instantly lit up when he saw the forks on the branches above.

He took out his homemade octopus shoes and climbed up to the top of the tree quickly.

"boom."

A faint sound from not far away reached Luffy's ears while he was eating.

"Who?"

With a flash of red in his eyes, he grabbed a plate with food in his hand and threw it towards the grass not far away.

"Crack~"

The plate hit the tree trunk and shattered.

Freydis, who was in the grass next to her, was startled. She exclaimed and then buried herself in the grass, motionless.

For a long time, Fretis, who didn't hear any sound, raised her head, and a figure hanging upside down in front of her eyes enlarged in an instant!

"what!"

She was so frightened that she backed away. Her screams startled the two eating birds, and they flapped their wings and flew away.

"Are you a giant?"

Luffy looked at the trembling giant girl in front of him with a look of surprise.

"You... who are you?"

The little girl collapsed on the ground, looking terrified.

"My name is Luffy, and I'm the man who wants to become the Pirate King!"

"Pirates!"

Freydis was even more flustered.

She wanted to get up and run away, but she was already hungry, and now she was frightened, and her legs were completely out of control.

Luffy was distressed to see this little giant girl, who was a hundred times bigger than him, crying in fear.

"Hey, you are obviously so big, why are you so timid? Just like the timid star!"

Luffy didn't mean to comfort her, he just sat cross-legged on the ground, eating and watching her cry.

Fretis burst into tears, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see any action from the person in front of her.

She realized that this person didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards her, and his cheeks that were puffed up from eating even looked a little cute.

Freydis forgot her fear for the moment and looked at Luffy curiously with teary eyes.

"Are you human?"

"Ah."

"Are you a bad guy?"

"I'm not."

"Are you still a pirate?"

"Yes."

“Aren’t pirates all bad guys?”

"Not at all."

Luffy blinked.

"we are not."

"Why are you here?"

"Hmm~ This is an island on our route!"

"Why do you want to steal the tribute?"

"Didn't I steal the tribute?"

Fretis pointed timidly at the fruit in his hand.

"Ah, you said this, the two birds invited me to eat this!"

"Cuckoo~"

The sound her stomach made made Freydis blush instantly.

"You are hungry?"

"give you to eat!"

Luffy stretched out his arm and placed a red fruit in front of Freytis.

"Ah! Your hand!"

Fretis was frightened again and kicked her legs back.

Luffy threw the fruit into her arms and retracted his arm.

"I ate rubber...ah, no. Renren...Nika...um..."

Luffy, who couldn't remember the name after thinking for a long time, simply gave up.

"I'm a rubber man who ate a rubber fruit."

"Rubber Man..."

"Aren't you hungry? Eat quickly!"

Luffy urged, hearing the thunderous sound in her stomach.

"No! You can't eat it!"

Fretis shook her head repeatedly.

"Why can't you eat it?"

“It’s the eating time for the Winter Solstice Festival and I can’t eat!

"And this is a tribute! It is dedicated to the Sun God! You can't eat it!"

While talking, Fretis seemed to have remembered something, and said anxiously: "Oops! If you are caught eating the tribute, you will be arrested and put on trial!"

"what???"

Luffy wondered as he chewed.

"If you don't eat when you're hungry, you still have to offer sacrifices to the sun god?"

"Why?"

"This is Elbaf's custom. You, you, you, don't eat it!"

Fretis was a little anxious, the trial was terrible!

Those who make mistakes will be thrown into the Forest of Evil!

The Forest of Evil is where the most ferocious beasts in Elbaf live, and almost no one can come out of it!

Luffy felt as if he had done something for which he would be scolded again, and scratched his head in distress.

"Ah, sorry. I didn't know you couldn't eat this!"

"Those two birds clearly said they were edible..."

"Those are sunbirds, messengers of the Sun God. They can indeed eat tribute..."

Fretis said.

She just saw a sunbird landing here, so she chased it out of the village to have a look.

Luffy felt uneasy.

The little animal's sense of crisis reminded him that he should leave here quickly.

"Well... I should go... Goodbye!"

He stood up, waved his hand towards Fretis, and jumped forward.

"Huh? Are you leaving?"

Seeing that Luffy flew away without hesitation, Freydis hurriedly stood up from the ground.

But the next second, everything suddenly went dark.

"Boom!"

Hearing the noise coming from behind, Luffy turned around quickly.

Fretis fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

"Hey! What's the matter with you?"

When Merry and Usopp found Luffy dragging a branch he had just broken off the tree, he was jumping up and down around a fainted giant girl.

"Luffy!"

Luffy heard Usopp's voice and seemed to see a savior.

"Usopp! Merry! Hurry! She fainted!"

After listening to Luffy's explanation of the cause and effect, Usopp came to a conclusion.

The most likely cause is excessive hunger, lack of energy, and low blood sugar.

When the two of them were squeezing juice and stuffing candies into the little girl's mouth, they were interrupted by a roar.

"What are you doing!"

Usopp's hands shook in fright, and all the crushed fruit pulp fell on the little girl's face.

The black-faced giant wearing a bowl-shaped helmet stared ferociously at Luffy and Usopp.

"Don't get me wrong...we are rescuing people!"

Usopp hurriedly jumped off Freydis.

"The little girl fainted from hunger. We fed her some food..."

"What have you done!!!"

At this time, the giant's eyes had noticed the mess in front of the stone monument, as well as the extremely familiar tree branches next to Usopp.

"Um...listen to my explanation..."

"Damn it! Where did the human monkey come from!"

"Damn you!"

The black-faced giant waved his hand and headed straight for Luffy and Usopp.

The two quickly avoided it, and the black-faced giant uprooted a large tree that several people were hugging, and then smashed it down on Luffy's head.

"Luffy! Be careful!"

The jet under Meili's feet accelerated, and her body turned into a small cannonball, hitting the big tree in the giant's hand.

"Oh!"

Half of the big tree was shattered, and the giant also noticed Meili's little figure.

The giant palm turned into a fist and struck down, and Meili quickly dodged.

Although the giant's body is huge, the movements of his hands are not slow.

Predicting Meili's dodge direction, a giant palm fell from the sky.

"Merry!"

The ghostly Meili flew out, and a huge palm print appeared on the ground.

"Luffy, I'm fine."

Seeing Merry's body being crushed, Luffy's anger also rose, and he became more serious with his hands.

Usopp, who was wearing an invisibility cloak, had already climbed up the tree to occupy the commanding heights and remotely supported Luffy on the battlefield.

Freydis was afraid that the battle would spread to the ground, so under Luffy's casual guidance, the two of them moved the battlefield to an open grassland.

The giant tree was swung wildly by the giant, and Luffy's small body dodged everywhere. Although he was angry, he did not lose his grip.

Thick vines suddenly grew on the ground and entangled the giant's hands and feet, temporarily restricting his movements.

"Luffy! Let's go! Other giants are coming!"

Hearing Usopp's voice, Luffy no longer hesitated, took a step forward, and leapt towards the direction they came from.

A huge palm suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Luffy, who was unable to dodge, was knocked away by a huge force and crashed directly into the lonely stone monument standing on the ground.

"Oh!"

The sound of shattering stone tablets was accompanied by the roars of the giants.

Luffy and Usopp's hearts trembled, and an ominous premonition rushed directly to the Tianling Gai.

"So, you two idiots just accidentally broke off someone's precious wood, accidentally smashed the altar, accidentally ate the tribute, and let the little girl eat the food without her knowledge?"

Annie stared at Luffy and Usopp in front of her with an unkind expression, her fists clenched loudly.

Luffy, who had always been clueless, was keenly aware of Annie's rising anger and did not dare to say a word.

He had already been mentally prepared for being scolded.

Usopp smiled.

"We didn't mean to."

"Well, you didn't do it on purpose; you did it on purpose."

Usopp rubbed his nose awkwardly.

She stretched out her hand towards Usopp: "Bring it?"

"what?"

Usopp looked confused.

"Stop pretending to me."

"Oh~"

Usopp reluctantly opened the small bag and took out a long branch.

“I just saw this branch, it’s perfect for making a slingshot.

If I miss it, I will never find such a suitable branch in my life!

I didn’t know that this thing couldn’t be broken off!

If I had known, I would never have moved. "

Usopp vowed.

"And this branch is so tough that I can't break it with my strength!

This is simply the best material for me to upgrade my black pocket!It's something you can meet but cannot ask for! "

Anne gave him a sidelong glance.

"How did you get it off?"

"Use the laser sword, hehe~"

Annie shook her head helplessly. Baoshu Adam made a slingshot, which was really luxurious.

Mellie floated in front of Annie with a guilty look on her face, her eyes still filled with tears.

"Sorry, Annie, it's all my fault. I didn't complete the task you asked me to do."

Annie reached out and rubbed his head.

"Meili has done a great job, our lawless captain, you can't control it even if you are here."

Usopp faced everyone's fierce eyes and smiled.

"We didn't expect things to develop to this point~"

"I was almost scared to death in the martial arts arena just now!"

"Fortunately you came in time!"

He collapsed on the grass and patted his chest with lingering fear.

The crying of the little girl Freydis never stopped, and her huge body trembled, causing her eardrums to buzz.

Everyone was at a loss when facing this crying little giant. Nami and Chopper had been coaxing him for a long time, but to no avail.

Zoro and Sanji were educating Luffy, and Franky was feeling pain while holding the crushed Merry's mechanical body that he took out from Usopp's personal bag.

Meili was dejected. She was affected by the little girl's cry, and her eyes were filled with tears that would not fall.

Brooke's body was held under Jinbei's arm, and his soul had already embraced Merry for comfort.

There was a din in her ears, veins popped up on Annie's forehead, and her temples began to feel a familiar throbbing pain.

"Shut up! Stop crying!"

Freydis's crying stopped suddenly, her eyes full of panic.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

【Quickly zoom out】

Anne threw a shrinking spell, and Freydis' body shrank visibly to the naked eye, quickly becoming the same size as them.

Seeing her body change, Freydis was so frightened that she forgot to cry.

She stood there blankly, her eyes constantly wandering over herself and the Straw Hats.

As if sensing her uneasiness, Luffy smiled and patted her head: "Don't worry, this is Annie's magical magic."

"magic…"

Anne looked over her figure with satisfaction.

"Giant targets are too big and can be easily spotted."

"But I..."

"Don't cry!"

When Annie shouted to stop, Fredis bit her lip and took two steps back timidly.

Nami hurriedly stepped forward and coaxed softly.

"It's okay, you can change back."

"Don't cry. None of us are bad people. Once we explain everything to your father, we will send you back."

"But, but, I made a mistake and I have to accept punishment..."

"The Sun God will not forgive me... Mom and Dad will also be punished..."

"Ooooo, I'm scared, I don't want to go to the Forest of Evil..."

Anne had a headache.

She grabbed Luffy, who was being dealt with by Zoro and Sanji, and threw him in front of Freytis.

"Stop crying! Your sun god says he forgives you!"

Fretis choked.

Everyone cast strange looks at Luffy.

"what???"